Verb: envenom en've-num
Usage: archaic
Usage: archaic
- Add poison to
"Her husband envenomed her drink in order to kill her";
- poison
- Cause to be bitter or resentful
"These injustices envenomed her even more";
- embitter, acerbate
Derived forms: envenoms, envenoming, envenomed
Type of: alter, cast down, change, deject, demoralise [Brit], demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down, modify
Encyclopedia: Envenom